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SUBMITTER: Hobbs MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1377760 | biostudies-other | 1999 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hobbs M R MR Pole A R AR Pidwirny G N GN Rosen I B IB Zarbo R J RJ Coon H H Heath H H Leppert M M Jackson C E CE
American journal of human genetics 19990201 2
Hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome (HPT-JT) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by the development of multiple parathyroid adenomas and multiple fibro-osseous tumors of the maxilla and mandible. Some families have had affected members with involvement of the kidneys, variously reported as Wilms tumors, nephroblastomas, and hamartomas. The HPT-JT gene (HRPT2) maps to chromosome 1q25-q31. We describe further investigation of two HPT-JT families (K3304 and K3349) identified through t ...[more]